Month: March 2018

Day 275 Saturday 31 March 2018   0329 Viridiana    1961 A Luis Buñuel Film It’s very interesting – because my brain likes to accept lists of things and to examine and analyze …

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Day 274 Friday 30 March 2018 01:56 Wrongful Death by Media A few observations by Philip Powers In Australia the big news for days is not about what’s happening around the …

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg   1964 A Jacques Demy Film I saw this film yesterday. It is a wonderful film on so many different levels. So many things to which my …

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Tomb Raider  2018 A big-budget film with a new actress portraying Lara Croft. It has all the elements, some of them superbly done, and yet at the end, when all …

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Les parapluies de Cherbourg 1964 Not everyone has a point where a work of art taps into something very deep within and very private and causes a flood of tears. …

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That Obscure Object of My Desire 1977 A Luis Bunuel Film Aged 77, Bunuel made his last film, a delightful comedy drama with Fernando Rey and the beautiful actress Carole …

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‘Australia versus a World of Judgment where Judgment is Taken Too Far’ In1994 when the England cricket player Michael Atherton carried dirt in his pocket, to rough the side of …

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‘Australians are Cheaters’ A Cricketing Nightmare In situations like this, a regular Australian can’t ‘legitimately’ respond to the comments of South African commentators on FoxSports. As legitimate as anyone calling South …

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The Exterminating Angel  1961 A Luis Buñuel Film I’ve used the word extraordinary and astonishing too many times over the last nine months, but so many of these films are …

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‘Writing for Godard’ Writing about all six of the Godard films I’ve watched in the last seven days. I’ve written my individual thoughts already on each of the films and …

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